This presentation will provide participants with a survey of online audio/video tools for use in increasing engagement and interaction in K-20 classrooms. Participants attending this presentation will: * discuss the concepts of engagement, interaction & presence, and identity * understand how audio/video tools increase engagement, interaction, and presence in the classroom * be introduced to current, easy to use, and FREE audio/video tools * be provided with many resources to support further exploration and use of audio video tools

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Increasing Engagement and
Interaction in Your Classes
with Audio/Video Tools

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Backchannels
View at http://mogulus.com/reta
Twitter & Twittersearch
@IENM, @desertjul, #ienm
 COMMENT at
http://innovate-educate.pbworks.com/Increasing-
Engagement-and-Interaction-in-your-Classes

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Agenda
 Engagement, Interaction & Presence, and
Identity
 Audio/Video Tool Descriptions
 Examples

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Engagement
1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50YBu14j3U

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Increase Teacher Presence
2) http://communitiesofinquiry.com/

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Increase Interactions
3) http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/ch2.html

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Identity – Learner vs. Instructor
Learners
Learners often prefer anonymity but should
develop some form of identity for community
building. Use of avatars is a strategy.Voki
(http://voki.com) appeals to almost everyone! (4 &
5)
Instructors
“Whereas anonymity may help some students
achieve a greater level of comfort, [instructors]
must maintain an active identity with which
students may interact.” (4 & 5)

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Develop Instructor Online Identity

9. +Audio/Video Tool Descriptions
• Uploading Video
• Instant Capture Video and MicroVideo
• Live Streaming Instant Capture Video
• Mobile Live Streaming Instant Capture Video

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Uploading Video, Cool…
Founded in 2005. Easily upload & share
videos globally. Bought by Google.
Launched March 6, 2007. Upload & share
Educational/instructional video globally.
“At blip.tv we've got all the servers and
bandwidth you could possibly need. And we're
giving it to you for free because you're going to
need it.”
“We live on Skype and Twitter and have a virtual
watercooler to keep up the team synergies.
We also have a lot of fun.” Launched end of 2006

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Instant Capture,Too Cool
Usual SuspectsFlixn
Voki in the Wild
Screencapture + voice capture

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Instant Capture: MicroVideo
Literally 12 seconds of video, has
been considered the video version
Twitter…
Launched 2007. Recently spotted
in the wild in ping.fm and
tumblr blogs via disqus…

13. Live Instant Capture & Mobility, OMG!
Live Streaming
Video

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Mobile Live Stream Instant Capture

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My Audio/Video Toolkit
1. Voki – http://voki.com
2. Viddler http://viddler.com, (sometimes I play with 12
seconds – http://12seconds.tv & Seesmic –
http://seesmic.com)
3. Screencast-o-matic – http://screencastomatic.com
4. USTREAM (has iPhone app) – http://ustream.com &
Mogulus – http://mogulus.com

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Strategies & Examples
 Course Introductory Materials
 Course Announcements
 Unit Development
 Just In Time Tutorials
 Discussion responses and summaries
 Your strategies?

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Video Users to Watch
 Gary Vaynerchuk - http://garyvaynerchuk.com/
 Robert Scoble - http://scobleizer.com/
 Howard Rheingold - http://vlog.rheingold.com/

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Reference Links
1. Kaplan Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=e50YBu14j3U
2. Communities of Inquiry
site:http://communitiesofinquiry.com/
3. Ch 2:Toward a Theory of Online Learning
http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/ch2.html
4. Online Identity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_identity
5. Are You Representin’? Instructor Identity in Online Courses
http://journals.ucfv.ca/rr/RR11/article-PDFs/kirkland.harvey.pdf